College Admissions Essay: A Career As A Computer Engineer

Have I ever thought about my decision on my career job? When I was a little kid, all I ever wanted to do is have fun and be a regular kid. When I was eleven years old, my dad asked me an important question every few months. My dad said “Salih, what do you want to become in the future? Do you want to pursue your education in engineering? I heard computer engineering makes lots of money.” At that time, I had a feeling that my dad wanted me to become an engineer. So, up until this day, I have finally made my decision. My decision right now is to become a doctor in the future. I don’t know what type of doctor I want to become, but I know that I want to go to medical school. There are several factors that made me consider in becoming a doctor in

Experiencing things in life make me learn valuable lessons. When I was a junior during high school, I had an appointment with a new optometrist named Dr. Malker that was close by Berkner High School. When I walked in, the private practice was very beautiful. The waiting area had a huge fish tank with different types of fish. The practice had a nice cozy couch, chairs, and a few bean bag chairs. The practice had free Wi-Fi unlike other clinical settings where they don’t offer free Wi-Fi. After I waited in line, a staff member called me for my appointment. The staff member made me cover my left eye and spell out the letters from the wall, and then, I flipped to the other eye and did the same thing. Then I went to a dark room where I performed an exam that I had to click on a button every time I saw a black dot on the computer screen. The exam was pretty exciting to do because of the clicking reminded me of playing video games in my house. After the exam, I performed an exam where a machine would put pressure on my eyes when I was looking straight at a picture. At first, I was scared because I wasn’t expecting if the pressure would hurt me. I tried my best to keep my eyes still, but the staff member was friendly and calmly told me that it wasn’t going to hurt. Once I received the pressure in my eyes, I felted relaxed. The pressure that blew to my eyes felt like the gentle wind that went by me. Afterwards, I went into another

During high school, one of my friend’s grandmother has macular degeneration. My friend’s grandmother tells me how she can’t look at an object in the center of her vision, and have blurred vision. For example, if I had macular degeneration and I was looking straight at a clock, I would see the clock, but not the clock arrows that would tell what time it is. My friend’s grandmother tells me that there is no cure for it, but exercising regularly, eating a healthy diet, and using medications only prevents the disease from progressing worse. My friend’s grandmother tells me how horrible it is to live in this health condition. I had an aunt that had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and had died from the disease. My mom would tell me that my aunt in Afghanistan would always have chest pain, fever, sweating, fatigue for no reason, and anemia that made it difficult for my aunt to live. MY aunt went to a doctor in Afghanistan, but the doctor couldn’t do anything, but give medications and chemotherapy. Unfortunately, she passed away four years ago. Once my aunt passed away, I realized that I should contribute to do something about diseases. I was thinking how should I contribute to find cures for diseases and the best way for me was to become a doctor and try to do research in the